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Oct 25, 2009

Kasi Potong

UNITED MAKE COST-CUTTING MEASURES : Red Devils in food fight

MANCHESTER UNITED are taking away training ground privileges for their staff as part of a series of sweeping cost-cutting measures. Freetoast, porridge, tea, coffee, fruit juices and even Ribena will no longer be available to "non-essential" staff at Carrington. Sir Alex Ferguson has approved the changes, which will affect many of the 120 staff who work there. Only "core staff" such as players, coaches and senior officials will be able to take advantage of the free food first thing in the morning. "Non-essential" staff are being told to eat breakfast before they arrive at the club's training facility on the outskirts of Manchester. The budget savings have also been endorsed by chief executive David Gill and chief operating officer Michael Bolingbroke.